Subject: Re: dt
To: The Great Mr. Kurtz [David A. Gatwood] <davagatw@mars.utm.edu>
From: Greg Bartlett <bartlett@plaza.ds.adp.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/26/1996 10:50:31
On Wed, 26 Jun 1996, The Great Mr. Kurtz [David A. Gatwood] wrote:

> Date: Wed, 26 Jun 1996 09:57:29 -0500 (CDT)
> From: "The Great Mr. Kurtz [David A. Gatwood]" <davagatw@mars.utm.edu>
> To: omar@webnetmktg.com
> Cc: port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: dt
>
> On Tue, 25 Jun 1996 omar@webnetmktg.com wrote:
>
> > Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 20:30:23 -0500
> > From: omar@webnetmktg.com
> > To: port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG
> > Subject: dt
> >
> > Sorry Sorry Sorry for asking such a lame question but what is dt?
>
> Desktop.  Basically, it allows you to switch between multiple
> pseudo-terminals, effectively letting you do more than one thing at once
> while logged in on the console.
>
> I wish there were some utility like it for serial console.  It's pretty
> bad having to have my Power Mac and Apple IIgs both hooked up....
There was a unix utility that I used to use called screen that worked on a
tty.  You may want to try to find it and see if it works.

Greg

>
> Later,
>
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